Chicago's Awesomeness: DMV Edition

The short version, now there's a kiosk.

I got my license plate sticker renewed in under 2 minutes . . . I thought I was in Canada.

I suppose a guy gets thirsty, eh?

Looks like Lance Armstrong is the biggest user of water in Austin, Texas - according to the city, he wound up using 330,000 gallons of water on his property in the month of July.

I guess riding that bike all day long makes someone want to drink a lot of H20 or even take a dip in a private pool, but this sounds more like H2Oh my God

Silence is golden

Marcel Marceau, master of mime, died quietly (...snicker...) this week. I'm sure he's doing a really terrific trapped-in-a-box routine right now.

Happy 4th

Olbermann throws DOWN. Might want to fire-proof your screen. Yowza.

White Lines

Convenience-store operator 7-Eleven Inc. is telling franchises to pull a high-caffeine drink called Cocaine from it's shelves. The company acted after getting complaints from parents of teens, who were the drink's target audience.

Cocaine comes in red cans, with the name spelled out in what are meant to resemble lines of white powder.

T is for Texas, D is for Death

Huge Campaign Finance Savings Coming Soon To An Election Near You

Politicians soon will be able to divert campaign war chests to a different focus: Finding the best people available to rig the local Diebold voting machines.

Apparently all it takes is a screwdriver. Awesome.

Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs

Replacing just one 60W bulb in your house with a compact flourescent bulb could save $1 BILLION with a "B" per year, if everyone in the US did it.

I knew compact flourescents were way more efficient, but that's some crazy math. We use one in our dog's room, for an exterior light just outside our basement door, and have more to replace other exterior lights once the current bulbs burn out.

We've found they just don't work for living spaces, though. I put one in our family room light for a night, and the light is just so, well, flourescent. Makes my brain hurt. Still, I'd think most people would have somewhere that one would make sense. They also last much longer, and don't generate the heat of a regular bulb.

[via kottke]

*pssst*

Chris and Anne are getting married today. If you're in Central Park, say hi.

The straight dude’s guide to ‘Brokeback’

Could someone please create a video mashup of "The Duke" monologuing this? Maybe with a little Fred Astaire thrown in? Please?